Surviving sessions with a psychopath

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This letter can be found on Facebook at Fakegurus.com: A 59 yr.old man named Daniel Esper (now on Maui,Hi.) is acting as spiritual counselor and therapist for many. He has been recently exposed. He’s been at if for decades and gets run out of town. Now he’s in our town and we want him out.…

“While the ability to use power to bring about healing is the mark of the effective therapist, enhancing and extending personal power appear to be driving forces for many abusive therapists. This is achieved through a variety of subtle and not-so-subtle manipulations that are calculated to undermine the patient’s ego strength and widen the gap…

To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this letter in the service of truth and in the hope of limiting the potential for future suffering at the hands of Daniel Esper with whom I had what I understood to be a monogamous relationship from 2002 to 2011. It may be helpful to know that…

My name is Emma Esper. My family just found out about the sad events around my father, Daniel Esper, on Maui. I understand he has been telling many lies about his life, including his role as a parent. I am studying to become a licensed clinical therapist. I have a long way to go and…

Please help protect other women and men. Daniel is currently still on Maui and has driven several former patients to the brink of suicide. Because he is not licensed he has been able to get away with all of it and continue to gain the trust of new clients. The only way to protect others…

“It is incestuous for a therapist to take advantage of this situation by entering into a sexual relationship with his patient. In many ways it is worse than a situation in which a father has a sexual relationship with a daughter because, one, therapists are trained to understand the damage that this exploitation creates…